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On 06/12/06, Jean-Paul Gorman <underscore at firecast.co.uk> wrote:
> Can anyone give me an idea of what is involved with putting together a
> podcast for download on a website. I'd be looking to allow for images,
> sound and video if possible as these would all be provided to me. I
> supoose i want to know how to create a file that can be downloaded as a
> podcast.

A podcast is a audio or video file *plus* an RSS 2.0 feed with the
files referenced as enclosures. It's the RSS bit that allows the
subscription/auto-updating in Podcast software.

Easiest thing to do is to use the wonderful www.LibSyn.com (liberated
syndication), who make the process really really easy: you upload your
file, and LibSyn creates the blog and RSS for you. They also take the
bandwidth hit so you don't have to. Prices start at only $5/month.

Either that or get a Mac - Garageband 3 is set up for creating podcasts.

HTH,

Tim